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searchsettings.exe.37508609

Widgi Toolbar

Spigot, Inc.

This component is part of the Spigot browser add-on, a web browser addition that is designed to modify the core search provider in order to redirect search queries through partner portals. The file searchsettings.exe.37508609 by Spigot has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Spigot, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Widgi Toolbar

Description:
Search Settings

Version:
11, 3, 0, 1

MD5:
a8e184c20f6ebed707f848c0c20c65b7

SHA-1:
08c9bf98095126a866a0601eaa583b069aba0f8e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 7:55:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Spigot (M)
16.11.4.11

File size:
1.4 MB (1,445,360 bytes)

Product version:
11, 3, 0, 1

Copyright:
Copyright © 2005-2014 Spigot, Inc.

Original file name:
SearchSettings.exe

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local settings\temp\searchsettings.exe.37508609

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spigot, Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/9/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/11/2018 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Spigot, Inc.", O="Spigot, Inc.", L=Incline Vilalge, S=Nevada, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
0FE530445BDBABB00E24B3A1FD389919

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/19/2015 3:48:48 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Jz1CXYgpSlCfSwyMizq9uuG+fOzResGRquNgkHvku8WTyXhKp2c/P0LO9u:51CXclCrGzq9FWzReK8gkMUTyXhKpvP+

Entry address:
0xA2C11

Entry point:
E8, F6, 9A, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, B8, 81, 4E, 00, E8, B5, E8, FF, FF, 33, F6, 89, 75, E4, 33, C0, 8B, 5D, 08, 3B, DE, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C6, 75, 1C, E8, 49, 58, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, E8, 25, F5, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 33, C0, EB, 7B, 33, C0, 8B, 7D, 0C, 3B, FE, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C6, 74, D6, 33, C0, 66, 39, 37, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C6, 74, CA, E8, 96, 9F, 00, 00, 89, 45, 08, 3B, C6, 75, 0D, E8, 07, 58, 00, 00, C7, 00, 18, 00, 00, 00, EB, C9, 89, 75, FC, 66, 39, 33, 75, 20...
 
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Entropy:
5.9177

Code size:
812.5 KB (832,000 bytes)

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